Whiffletree attachment.



No. 650,898. I Patented Iuns 5,!900.

- C. KABTOWITZ.

WHIFTFLETBEE ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Feb, 17, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

CARL KARTOWITZ, OF FELAN, MINNESOTA.

WHIFFLETREEI'ATTACHM'ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,898, dated June 5,1900.

Application filed February 17,1900. Serial No. 5,627. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CARL KARTOWITZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pelan, in the county of Kittson and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in IVhiffletreeAttachments; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention,,such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The invention relates to whiffletree attachments, and has for itsspecial object to improve the connection between the whiffletree andtraces as well as between the doubletree and the whiffietree. Theseauxiliary devices will first be described in connection with thedrawings and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation showing the traces slacked;Fig. 2, an enlarged perspective of a part of the whittletree with allthe auxiliary device attached and partly in section; Fig. 3, an enlargeddetail view of my Nb-clip that forms a bearing for the loops, and Fig. 4is a side elevation of a double loop.

In the drawings, A represents the whiffletree, which is made of woodtapering from the middle toward each end. I attach by nails middle of awidth to correspond with that of the loop. v

C is a double loop which goes upon the ends, while D is a single loop togoon the middle, both loops being loosely secured on the clips 13. Inthe end loops 0 swing,laterally,a swivel E, consisting of two links e e,one swiveled in the other. To the link 6 is secured a hook F, whichengages the trace, the said hook being provided with a T-head fat thepoint to prevent the escape of the trace.

The device for connecting the whiffletree with the doubletree consistsof the single loop D, having projections d 61 extended and broughtflatly together, or nearly so, and then cut out at d and bent to formthe open-ended tube (1 In this tube is swiveled the pin G, having thehead 9 at one end and at the other a link g, the latter carrying a ringH. This allows a circular movement in direction of the horse motion,while the swivel permits a similar crosswise motion, thus preventing anytwist to the traces, no matter what is the position of the horse.

What I claim as new-is- The loop D having flat ends cut away at d andbent to form the tube LP, in combination with a doubletree M-clip B,headed link-pin G, andan ordinary ring H as shown and described, for thepurpose specified.

.In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL KARTOY VITZ.

Witnesses:

OHARLo ERLANDSON, O. H. ENSRUD.

